As we move more toward such a digital world, an entire sector of the population will be or feel disenfranchised.
Predictor: Negroponte, Nicholas
Prediction, in context:In his 1995 book “Being Digital,” Nicholas Negroponte writes: ”As we move more toward such a digital world, an entire sector of the population will be or feel disenfranchised.”
Biography:Nicholas Negroponte, a co-founder of MIT’s Media Lab and a popular speaker and writer about technologies of the future, wrote one of the 1990s’ best-selling books about the new future of communications, “Being Digital.” (Pioneer/Originator.)
Date of prediction: February 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Controversial Issues
Subtopic: Digital Divide
Name of publication: Being Digital (book)
Title, headline, chapter name: Epilogue: An Age of Optimism
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
Page 228
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Guarino, Jennifer Anne